I wanted Airdrop on Ubuntu and feared I would be resolving dependencies all day, but the solution was so refreshing I thought I'd share it.
Meet Paidrop.net. Runs on the local net, free, no account and secure by design.
Open the site on two devices on the same network, and they show up to each other automatically. Start drag and dropping files...
It's a small idea, but it fixes a real gap. Love it!
How does this actually work under the hood, and what is WebRTC?
source & further reading
dev.to — original article
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